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Friendship can be found in the most unexpected placesTue, 13 Nov 2018 03:35:20 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8Narrating Novel Friendshttp://www.susieyoungatheart.com/novel-friends/narrating-novel-friends/
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“Let me know when it’s out in audiobook format,” Sophie said. Hmm…I hadn’t thought of that. Producing an audio format of my book Novel Friends truly hadn’t crossed my mind. At all. But when my online friend Sophie said that’s the only way she had time for books these days, I thought about how I didn’t want her to miss it. Read the rest

An important aspect of a true friendship is that it sustains the test of time. It had been two years since my last visit to my Dutch Girls in the Netherlands, but I easily fell back into step with them as if we’d always been together. My September visit was my fourth time seeing Paula and Susan and my seventh time seeing Marielle – all online friends I made on the Twilight Lexicon, some of my Novel Friends.Read the rest

Now that I’ve set up my Susie Young at Heart YouTube channel, I’m ready to hit the ground running! I’ve already posted my Novel Friends video and of course, the famous Mary’s North Shore Eggs, but now it’s time for Friend Interviews. Goodie, goodie!

When I first starting thinking about video blogging topics, it hit me. Read the rest

My favorite first-day-of-school outfit was a red plaid pleated skirt. To this day, that Stewart plaid is synonymous with the start of the school year, which in Minnesota is the day after Labor Day. No matter how old I get, I have visions of plaid in my head every year at this time. Read the rest

The end of August is always bittersweet for me. In June and July those long summer days seem to stretch out endlessly, but all of a sudden, it’s dark at 8:00 pm. Where did the summer go? I had so many plans, and I thought I had so much time, but now time’s up. Read the rest

Last weekend, my friend Mary and I made our usual trek up to the North Shore of Lake Superior. This has been going on for about 35 years, and in our early days, we camped. Now in our advanced age, we’re cabin ladies, but still with many traditions to follow.

Mary and I ALWAYS eat at Betty’s Pies in Two Harbors on the way up to the cabin, ordering either 5-layer chocolate or lemon angel pie for dessert. Read the rest

In Chapter 9 of Novel Friends, I write about being in Edinburgh with my Scottish friend Helen during the Fringe Festival in August 2010. Now that it’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival time again, I thought it would be fun to relive those 2010 memories. Here’s an excerpt from Chapter 9:

I’m so excited to launch my new Susie Young at Heart website! My designer Chris did a fantastic job, didn’t he? All the same features are still here but just easier to navigate. Although I will always have a special place in my heart for the original website I designed in 2014, I am ready to move on to bigger and better things! Read the rest

Coffee. I love coffee. I also love chatting with friends and making new friends in coffee shops. Even if I’m on my own, I’d rather go to a coffee shop than stay at home because there are people there. People I can talk to, people I can meet.

I love getting my Starbucks grande latte because the baristas are so very extra friendly there, especially at my neighborhood Starbucks. Read the rest

As I passed the Lake Harriet swimming beach on my bike ride today, memories of Jr. High summers came flooding back to me. School’s out and that’s prime time for flirting with boys. There they were today, a group of teenage girls in bikinis crowded on the diving platform with a few lucky boys. Read the rest